Climate averages 1991–2020
Bamako weather
in June.
A very hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a very hot month in Bamako: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes June a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dialakorodji (11 km away). In June its highs average 34.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Bamako, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Mali, Bamako ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest June highs and joint 10th of 13 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 13 cities is 36.5°C; Bamako is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 198 mm.
The annual picture
June in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bamako climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.5 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| February | 35.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 7.0 | 2.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 32 | 7.4 | 12.713 h |
| June, selected | 34.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 92 | 14.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 29.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 198 | 22.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 253 | 24.3 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 163 | 20.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 49 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| December | 32.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
June in nearby cities
- Dialakorodji in JuneMali · 11 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 86 mm rain
- Kati in JuneMali · 18 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Bougouni in JuneMali · 143 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Kita in JuneMali · 171 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 92 mm rain
- Siguiri in JuneGuinea · 185 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Ségou in JuneMali · 208 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 26.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Koutiala in JuneMali · 274 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Kankan in JuneGuinea · 287 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 185 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bamako) is explained once on the Bamako year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.